Role of Serotonin in Psychiatric Disorders

ISBN-13: 9781138004764 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 366 str.

Serena-Lynn Brown;Herman M. Van Praag

Opis

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Spis treści

1 Introduction: Why study Serotonin in Clinical Psychiatric Research? 2 Central Serotonin Receptors: Functional Correlates and Clinical Relevance 3 The Receptor Sensitivity Hypothesis of Antidepressant Function 4 Neuroendocrine Studies in Psychiatric Disorders 5 The Monoamine Hypothesis of Depression: The case for Serotonin 6 The Role of Serotonin in the Regulation of Anxiety 7 Is there a specific role for Serotonin in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder 8 A Serotonergic Theory of Schizophrenia 9 Psychiatric disorders of childhood: The role of Serotonin 10 Serotonin Dysregulation in Bulimia Nervosa 11 Serotonin, Seasonality and Mood Disorders 12 Serotonergic Parameters of Aggression and Suicide 13 Beyond Serotonin

O autorze

Serena-Lynn Brown, Assistant Professor and Director, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Montefiore Medical Centre, New York. Herman M. Van Praag-Silverman Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Montefiore Medical Centre, New York.